Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are voluminous emplacements of predominantly mafic
extrusive and intrusive rock whose origins lie in processes other than 'normal' seafloor
spreading. LIPs include continental flood basalts and associated intrusive rocks, volcanic
passive margins, oceanic plateaus, submarine ridges, seamount goups, and ocean basin flood
basalts.
The Commission on Large-Volume Basaltic Provinces (CLVBP) was established in 1992 by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) (http://www.iavcei.org/), one of seven member Associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (http://www.iugg.org). The CLVBP is devoted to encouraging and promoting interest and research in large igneous provinces. It seeks to foster interchange of ideas and relevant data among earth scientists, with diverse research interests, who are actively involved in the study of LIPs.
Dr. Mike Coffin has ongoing research programs on the Kerguelen and Ontong Java oceanic plateaus, the two largest igneous provinces known on the planet. He also actively fosters both national and international LIP research efforts. To that end, LIP resources available via anonymous ftp from this site include an extensive bibliography, outlines of LIPs, present-day plate boundaries, and hotspot locations.
Reference for LIPs database
If you are using the database in a publication, please use the following reference to site the database:
Coffin, M.F. and Eldholm, O., 1994, Large Igneous Provinces: Crustal structure, dimensions, and external consequences, Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 32 (1), pp. 1-36.
LIPs on the Internet
Information on LIPs is available via the Internet:
ftp.ig.utexas.edu, use the login name "anonymous" and your internet address as a password. Then change directory to pub/LIPS. There you can access Data, Maps, Bibliography, and the LIP Readers.
These data are not to be included in any commercial database.